The system has eConsent rules built right in to make informed consent a streamlined part of study data collection, rather than trying to manage it through a separate process or system.

The following is possible with the consent capabilities:

Subjects/patients can fill out their own consent forms and receive automatic email verification of that consent along with copies of the documents that were signed

Subjects can view site-specific consent document.

Consent can even be used to control other data entry for study subjects

Patients can revoke consent with reason, or Administrators can require re-consent on batches of subjects

Subjects, consent status, and consent history can be tracked

This article walks through the setup and implementation of Consent.

This function will only work if the study is an ePRO study where the subject email is getting registered on the registration form. Read more about configuring ePRO here.

Like most functions, the first step is to ensure your role has the appropriate role permissions to configure the consent rules. This is done in role security under the Informed Consent application.

Once enabled, there will be an option under the study configuration menu to Configure Informed Consent:

Reference the annotated image below on the various functions defined on the screen:

1. Enable the consent tracking function and define which form the patient will be filling out as the consent form. Only ePRO log forms, as defined in the form's properties in the form builder, can be selected.

Important: If consent tracking is enabled, regardless of the other settings, the system will require patient consent prior to any other forms being accessible to either the site or the patient.

2. Opt to send the patient an automated email once they complete the consent form, and set which distribution email will go out. Emails can be scripted within the form builder on the web. Here is an example:

3. If there are non-specific, or general, documents that go to all subjects regardless of their site, the full list of documents from the list can be used to choose from. This is not a common selection made.

4. A site document file for informed consent is the common option to include as email attachments to the patient. This section is a list of upload fields from the site document forms in the study. Any document uploaded to that field will go out to subjects at the corresponding site.

5. Optional step: This is a list of all site document file fields similar to #4. However, this is where you can identify which document should be displayed on the consent form for the subject/patient to view. Read more here on help buttons.

6. Save the configuration - Any other email addresses that should be copied (cc'd) on the consent confirmation that goes out to the patient. Note, this is not a blind copy.

Be sure to save the configuration at the bottom of the page when finished.